Your property: College Street Historic District (HL93-01) · inside the Historic Grapevine Township boundary.
Planning a project?
Start with the My Property Cheat Sheet, then the Decision Tree - Do I Need a CA. Before you draw anything, skim Playbook - Getting to Yes.
The Rules
- Governing Framework Overview — how City law, the overlay, and the criteria stack together
- Historic Preservation Ordinance (Appendix G) — the master ordinance (1991, as amended)
- Zoning Sec 39 - HL Historic Landmark Overlay — the zoning hook for your district
- Zoning Sec 28A - HGT Township District — Township zoning rules
- College Street Preservation Criteria (Ord 93-58) — your district's specific design criteria
- Grapevine Pattern Book (2025) — binding residential design standards (Township-wide)
- Design Guidelines Manual — the city's full design guidance, chapter by chapter
- Secretary of the Interior Standards — federal standards applied to HL properties
The Processes
- Certificate of Appropriateness Process — the main gate for any exterior work
- Minor Exterior Alterations (Staff-Level) — the 5-day fast track
- Ordinary Maintenance Exemption — what needs no approval at all
- Demolition and Economic Hardship — the hardest path in the system
- Appeals to City Council — when the Commission says no
- Penalties and Enforcement — what non-compliance costs
- GTRP Grant Program — matching money for exterior work
The People
- Historic Preservation Commission — who they are, how they operate
- Commissioner Profiles — tenure, tendencies, voting behavior
- Staff and Ex-Officio — the Historic Preservation Officer and city staff
- Grapevine Heritage Foundation — the advisory/advocacy arm
The Places
- College Street Historic District · Historic Grapevine Township · Main Street Commercial District · West Wall Street Historic District · Cotton Belt Railroad Historic District · DE Box Addition Historic District · Individual Historic Landmarks
The Track Record
- Meeting Index — every HPC meeting, 2011 → present (180 meeting notes)
- Case Index — all 347 hearing items by year, address & type
- College Street Case Ledger — ⭐ the 38 cases in your district
- Transcript Index — 179 full verbatim minutes — search these for who-said-what
- Property - 408 and 416 East College Street — deep-dive dossier on the La Buena Vida redevelopment
- Voting Patterns and Tendencies — how the commission actually votes
- Trends Over Time — how strictness and priorities have shifted
- Demolition Track Record — every demo request and its fate
- Playbook - Getting to Yes — synthesis: what works, what fails
Sources & Provenance
- Source Index — where every fact in this vault comes from